Twelve artists, of varying ability and stature, were asked by Delhi's blue chip gallery, Art Today, to make their pictorial version of the zodiac signs. Atul Dodiya's Capricorn was the best: the painting had leaves with pupils and corneas, a bearded goat that was trying to eat them and a man with a
displaced face like Picasso's Po trait of Dora Maar clutching on to an overarching beetle on a wallpaper of yellow. Gulammohammed Sheikh's similarly surreal version of Aquarius took on the world, mixing global geography with hovering poltergeists and M.F. Husain, displaying his full fractured form for his take on Virgo, had a woman in a diaphanous loin cloth and matching stole ... the kind of stuff which he, anyway, needs no excuse to do. A slick desk calender based on the experiment called Artoscope 2002 is also available at the Connaught Place gallery.
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CHENNAI
Amusement Park

Dodiya's vision of Capricon

Amusement Parks are not a novel weekend destination for Chennaiites, but one within the city is definitely new. The MGR Film City at Tharamani has leased ouut 12 acres of its land to Fu World. Complete with water theme amusements like water slides and flash pools, the 12 rides include dragon coaster, racing cars and jumping frog. Moreover, there are 10 kiddie rides including Sun-Moon and Caterpillar. The entry fee-all the rides included-is Rs 75 and there is a Rs 50 special offer for schoolchildren. "The visitors have been steadily increasing," says Fun World General Manager Ravi Kumar Reddy, "obviously attracted by the concept of 'amusement within your reach'." Tel: 044 2541500/ 1700.

-Compiled by Anshul Avijit and Arun Ram